Gospel Guitar of Rev. Gary Davis

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, David Bromberg, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and many others. These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings. LESSON ONE: Our first lesson highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular blues arrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G. LESSON TWO: The key of C was a favorite for Rev. Davis. In this lesson we explore the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (made popular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself! We look at two versions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman. LESSON THREE: 'Raggin' the blues' was a great part of Rev. Davis's repertoire. His Walkin' Dog Blues is a tour de force in a blues in C. All fourteen verses are transcribed here, and we study how this arrangement develops. Buck Rag is a fascinating rag played in the key of C. Single-string runs, counterpoint lines, rhythmic variations and syncopated bass patterns are featured. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 40 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

Le Révérend Gary Davis était un génie musical, combler les lacunes entre ragtime, folk, blues, gospel, marchant de chansons et hits de tin pan alley. Dans cette série de quatre leçons Ernie Hawkins enseigne quatorze ans du révérend Davis plus demandés et les plus fameux Evangile guitare arrangements. Ernie donne un aperçu détaillé de chaque arrangement, analyser la structure et calendrier de chaque phrase, verset et choeur avec slow motion rediffusions. Une brochure complète du tab/musique 80 page est incluse. En tout, près de six heures d'instruction sont présentés. / Guitare

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles and his repertoire featured blues rags show instrumentals and gospel songs.Davis playedwith his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have beenperformed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan Taj Mahal Hot Tuna David Bromberg John Renbourn Bert Jansch and many others.These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyleguitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings.Lesson one highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular bluesarrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G.Lesson two explores the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (madepopular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman in so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself. We look at twoversions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman.In lesson three all 14 verses from Raggin' the blues are transcribed and studied on how thisarrangement develops.

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz MoseRanger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was bornblack in deep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all hiscreativity was an unshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.In this bookand accompanying audio Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 18 of Rev. Davis' best known gospel arrangements. The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fuller to Dave VanRonk David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan Jackson Browne and others.

The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - The Basics. Whether your favourite blues guitarist is Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blind Blake, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, or Mississippi John Hurt, studying the basic techniques presented in this program is the first step toward being able to capture the essence of their traditional styles. In this book, Woody Mann shows you practical ways to develop fundamental technique and offers you insights into the musical logic of blues guitar. Woody walks you through each song, explaining the chord positions and picking techniques. He teaches blues in the keys of D, G, C, E, and A, presenting a wide selection of classic blues songs and instrumentals from the masters of blues guitar. Included in this program are the basics of the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, the ragtime style of Blind Blake (the man with the piano-playing guitar), and the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Willie Walker, and Willie Moore. Each song illustrates how solo players approach the guitar like a piano, playing melodies and bass lines simultaneously. Developing this independent two-line picking technique enables you to get the feel, syncopation, and subtleties of the music. The songs in themselves are studies in acoustic blues technique and present the authentic elements of the acoustic blues sound and style including blues technique and ways to play off of the chords and improvise within a song. This program is recommended for beginning acoustic blues guitarists as well as electric guitarists and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists of all levels who would like to go beyond pattern picking and develop a more dynamic and syncopated sound. Woody Mann had his first schooling as a teenager in the living room of Rev. Gary Davis, the now legendary gospel and ragtime guitarist. Mann soon went on to perform and record with blues masters Son House and Bukka White as well as contemporary innovators including John Fahey. He has recorded extensively, performed throughout the world, and is widely recognized as one of the world's leading teachers and transcribers of acoustic blues music, having taught countless guitarists through his popular books and videos.

Interpreting The Gospel Songs And Style Of Reverend Gary Davis-Larry Campbell who has played with Bob Dylan Levon Helm Elvis Costello and numerous others grew up listening to the inspirational songs and dazzling Guitar technique of Rev. Gary Davis. He performs five songs of this legendary master with vocalist Teresa Williams and then breaks down the complex fingerpicking arrangements for learning players.

Pendant de nombreuses années, Ernie Hawkins a joué des concerts, des clubs, les festivals, les collèges et les musées des Etats-Unis, au Canada, en Europe et au Japon. Il a joué avec les plus grands du blues tels que Son House, Mance Lipscomb, Fred McDowell, Jim Brewer et le révérend Gary Davis. Dans ce DVD sur des entretiens Ernie ses influences et réalise une large gamme de blues, de ragtime et des airs gospel. Les titres incluent: Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire, Railroad Blues, Blues Man idiot, Rev Davis Medley, le Blues des chiens de police, Drag Slow, Fast Fox Trot, douze bâtons, Blues Floride, Penitentiary Blues, Potato Head Blues, Rag Hawkins, si vous n'avez 't Get On le foin dans cette voie, appeler la Chine, de Lightnin Hideaway, Elm Street Blues, Masanga, un rayon de lune et Blue Belle. / Guitare / Dvd

A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis-British journalist and writer Robert Tilling lovingly compiled this touching tribute to the great American Guitar genius Reverend Gary Davis. His enthusiasm for the Reverend's powerful music startedafter seeing him on his first UK concert tour in 1964.Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. His fingerpicking style was extremely influential; hisstudents in New York City in the 1960s included Stefan Grossman Roy Bookbinder Woody Mann and Ernie Hawkins. Davis' musical influence extends throughout modern American music from theGrateful Dead and Bob Dylan to Keb Mo and Olabelle. Chapters in this revised and updated biography include a detailed Chronology Discography Concert and Record Reviews quotations contributions from musicians and admirers as well as over 100 photographs.